Anirban Lahiri rises to 7th, Rory McIlroy grabs lead

Anirban Lahiri made another upward move in the third round but was still left dissatisfied as he dropped two shots on the last six holes, leaving him at five-under 211 and in the tied seventh place at the WGC-Cadillac Champion-ship here.

On a rather breezy day, Lahiri was cruising as one of the better scorers at three-under through 12 and reached as high as fourth on Saturday. But a bogey on the 13th and another dropped shot on the 17th saw him drop to tied seventh, but still two places higher than tied ninth after the second round.

Rory McIlroy carded a bogey-free round, his first in 2016, to move into a three-shot lead ahead of the final round. At 12-under, he was three clear of Adam Scott (73) and Dustin Johnson (71).

McIlroy, a four-time major champion, trailed Scott by two shots overnight but needed only five holes to pass the Australian after birdying the first and fifth holes as Scott dropped a shot on the fourth.

McIlroy added two more birdies on the eighth and 10th holes in his four under par round of 68.

In windy conditions, Lahiri did not drive as accurately as the first two days and did not find as many greens in regulation, but scrambled very well to stay under par.

Lahiri said, “Yes, happy with the way I played today. (But) Obviously disappointed (too), left a few putts out there coming in. But all in all a good day.”